English League Championship

FT Sunday, January 4, 2026
Coventry City WDWLD 2
–
Birmingham City DLDDL 3
1st2ndT
COV112
BIR213
St. Andrew's Stadium · 27,932 att. · CBSSN

Team Stats

8
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
4
6
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
5
75.7
Possession
24.3
17
SHOTS
9
6
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
428
Accurate Passes
83
514
Passes
170
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.5
5
Accurate Crosses
0
29
Crosses
5
0.2
Cross %
0.0
59
Long Balls
56
32
Accurate Long Balls
11
0.5
Long Balls %
0.2
2
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
11
18
Tackles
20
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
10
Interceptions
13
17
Effective Clearances
52
17
Clearances
52

Head to Head

COV leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

BIR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25James BeadleG
  2. 6Jack RobinsonCD-L
  3. 5Phil NeumannCD-R
  4. 31Kai WagnerLB
  5. 24Tomoki IwataRB
  6. 28Jay StansfieldAM
  7. 8Paik Seung-HoLM
  8. 7Tommy DoyleRM
  9. 33Marvin DuckschF
  10. 30Lewis KoumasAM-L
  11. 16Patrick RobertsAM-R

COV · 4-1-4-1

  1. 19Carl RushworthG
  2. 15Liam KitchingCD-L
  3. 4Bobby ThomasCD-R
  4. 6Matt GrimesDM
  5. 3Jay Da SilvaLB
  6. 27Milan van EwijkRB
  7. 5Jack RudoniCM-L
  8. 28Josh EcclesCM-R
  9. 10Ephron Mason-ClarkLM
  10. 7Tatsuhiro SakamotoRM
  11. 9Ellis SimmsF

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Birmingham City 1, Coventry City 0. Marvin Ducksch (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kai Wagner with a through ball.
  2. 8' Goal! Birmingham City 1, Coventry City 1. Josh Eccles (Coventry City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ephron Mason-Clark.
  3. 17' Goal! Birmingham City 2, Coventry City 1. Lewis Koumas (Birmingham City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Patrick Roberts with a through ball.
  4. 36' Marvin Ducksch (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 51' Kai Wagner (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 60' Goal! Birmingham City 2, Coventry City 2. Ellis Simms (Coventry City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jack Rudoni.
  7. 63' Goal! Birmingham City 3, Coventry City 2. Marvin Ducksch (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Patrick Roberts with a through ball.
  8. 64' Substitution, Birmingham City. Eiran Cashin replaces Lewis Koumas.
  9. 67' Substitution, Coventry City. Haji Wright replaces Tatsuhiro Sakamoto.
  10. 71' Substitution, Birmingham City. Alfons Sampsted replaces Kai Wagner.
  11. 72' Substitution, Birmingham City. Willum Willumsson replaces Patrick Roberts.
  12. 72' Substitution, Birmingham City. Kyogo Furuhashi replaces Marvin Ducksch.
  13. 86' Josh Eccles (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 88' James Beadle (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 89' Substitution, Coventry City. Kai Andrews replaces Josh Eccles.
  16. 90'+3' Substitution, Birmingham City. Kanya Fujimoto replaces Jay Stansfield.
  17. 90'+5' Bobby Thomas (Coventry City) is shown the red card for violent conduct.

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